If Notre Dame is going to make anything significant out of this season, time already is running out. A 73-72 loss to Florida State puts the Irish (7-5, 0-2) at the bottom of the ACC along with NC State, Georgia Tech and Louisville.
This shouldn’t even have happened, but the Irish blew an 11-point first-half lead, and the Seminoles (4-10, 2-1) were in front for most of the second half. While the Irish scored six unanswered points in the final two minutes to cut a seven-point deficit to one, [autotag]Trey Wertz[/autotag] overthrew [autotag]Cormac Ryan[/autotag] on the would-be game-winning fast break, and that was it.
[autotag]JJ Starling[/autotag] led all scorers with 20 points in the losing effort. Ryan and [autotag]Nate Laszewski[/autotag] scored 17 and 12 points respectively while collecting six rebounds apiece. Wertz had 10 points and four assists, and a fifth one could have happened but for that final bad pass.
You probably don’t want to relive this game, but in case you do, here are some photos: